Assembly Member Eleanor Burnham has publicly backed WWF's Earth Hour for the second year running and urges people, schools and business in North Wales to also sign up to the big switch off to shown they care about climate change.
By switching off their lights off for one hour on Saturday 26 March at 8.30pm they will join millions of others across the globe in a graphic demonstration to decision makers that they support urgent action on climate change.
Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham,has joined with Age Cymru and the Older People's Commissioner for Wales in calling for an end to the postcode lottery in provision of advocacy services for older people. Her comments come on the launch day of the jointly-published "Advocacy Counts 3" report.
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham, has pledged to support the NSPCC Cymru/Wales 'I stand for children' campaign which aims to make child protection a priority for the next Welsh Government.
Eleanor Burnham said "As a candidate in North Wales, I am supporting NSPCC Cymru/Wales' new campaign to ensure protecting children is a political priority: I Stand for Children."
The Welsh Liberal Democrats are using their opposition time in the National Assembly to call for a new focus on tackling fuel poverty. Recent figures have revealed that 200,000 more households are now living in fuel poverty than in 2004.
The Welsh Liberal Democrat motion to be debated tomorrow will:· Ensure that people eligible for the Green Deal scheme are offered information on that programme;· Ensure that people entering Welsh Government fuel poverty programmes are either highly fuel poor or living in off-gas areas;· Deliver an additional 12,000 warmer homes by doubling the money available for tackling fuel poverty; and· Provide accurate data on fuel poverty for planning and ensure good information is available across the public sector and to consumers.
Eleanor Burnham, Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales has signed up to Amnesty International's new campaign to keep human rights on the agenda at the National Assembly for Wales in the run up to the forthcoming Assembly elections.
The aim of the campaign is to remind Assembly Members and candidates about the importance of human rights here in Wales and was launched last week when Welsh artist Michael Bosanko created some unique new light sculptures outside the Senedd.
Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham, has welcomed the news that S4C has "taken ownership" of the recommendations contained in Sir Jon Shortridge's review of its corporate governance.
Sir Jon was commissioned by the S4C Authority to undertake the review, which began in 2010 and which was published today.
Ms Burnham, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Culture in the Assembly, said:
"Events over the past few months have shown that the management, governance and funding of S4C were in urgent need of review.
"Today's report is the first step towards a new stability for all at S4C who are concerned with providing Welsh-language programming.
"Sir Jon has identified a number of areas for improvement for the future and a "root and branch" review is also underway throughout the organisation.
" I am particularly pleased to see that the Authority has taken the recommendations on board and that the whole process is to be closely monitored.
"A follow-up review is planned for Autumn 2011, when I look forward to seeing the positive results of the practical implementation of Sir Jon's recommendations".
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have renewed calls for the Welsh Assembly Government to act quickly to ensure that Welsh victims of the contaminated blood scandal receive the same compensation as those in England.
Last month, the UK government confirmed that payments to people in England who contracted Hepatitis C as a result of being given contaminated blood products would be significantly increased.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats, have been vocal campaigners for justice for the victims of the scandal which saw thousands of people contract Hepatitis C and HIV as a result of being given contaminated blood by the NHS.
Eleanor Burnham commented:
"The Welsh Liberal Democrats have repeatedly called for the Assembly Government to provide Welsh victims of the contaminated blood scandal with the same compensation as those in England. The Assembly Government needs to listen to the strong views on this issue and ensure that Welsh victims are not going to be left behind.
"We are facing the horrendous possibility that Welsh victims from this tragedy could be treated worse than those victims who live in England.
"We sought an immediate statement to reassure all those Welsh victims and their families that swift action will be taken but one month on we have heard nothing.
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham has welcomed a new report published by the National Autistic Society Cymru (NAS Cymru) into services for people affected by autism, and has called on the Welsh Assembly Government and local authorities to continue to develop autism support in Wales.
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham has called on the government to act to prevent the Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and other government agencies from disadvantaging vulnerable people who have to contact them on 0845 numbers.
Although calls to 0800 numbers from landlines are free, those using mobile phones have to pay. However, there is a huge amount of confusion about how much is charged for calling 0845 numbers.
Welsh Democrat Assembly Member for North Wales, Eleanor Burnham AM has expressed concern that over 67% of polling stations are still not accessible for people with disabilities.
"I am astounded that we are still waiting for progress to be made. Despite politicians and organisations such as Scope and RNIB making representations progress is slow. We must speed up the pace of change.
